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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slyk2203:
Can someone help to fix the camera on my galaxy s3?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuagalipeau:
Same problem here

I'm glad I'm not the only one having this problem.

This camera issue happens on every ROM I flash with the exception of the Stock ROMs.

I am now re-flashing my AOKP 4.2.1 ROM that I had running a little while ago. It seems the problem is with every ROM but the stock ones, which is a shame considering I'm not the biggest touchwiz fan and I love AOKP.

So does anyone know of any fix? the error only happens when I take a picture. I really dont know what to do. I am open to any suggestions.

Thanks, as always.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slyk2203:
On my galaxy s3 the camera does not work on stock too...:crying: it seems to be totaly broken.....:crying: I can not take pictures of my son he is 17 months old tomorrow....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuagalipeau:
Damn, that sucks

jeez, I'm really sorry! I would help you if I could but I'm not sure how much i could do!

have you tried any camera apps?

or try this!!!!

search "4.2 camera" on google and find the androidpolice one, download and flash!

Works perfectly for me, plus you get photosphere!

I just can't get the camera working on 4.2 :crying::crying::crying::crying:

hope it helps!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c3k:
R: [SOLVED] "Can't connect to the camera" on CM/AOKP roms

You said your camera didn't works with any ROM, stock or custom, right? Maybe it's really broken? Does it ever works?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eytan123:
well i got some time to check this and the camera did work but as i mentioned after taking photo with flash or using the "torch"-flashlight i need to reboot to get it working again.

i did notice that the camera was upside-down so i've flashed GDFF03 as you suggested and the cam works in the right orientation but the initial problem persists.

i even flashed the ZD* FW again and the note 2 GKFI03 as i saw someone recommends it and in that case the cam was again with the right orientation but needs to reboot after using flash.

my current status is:

phone+cam FW : GDFF03

using cm 10.1 based rom(latest jellybam)

cam orientation - correct.

after using flash - needs to reboot as i get can't connect to camera.

thank you (again!) for your reply.

i hope you or anyone else have any idea, if you need me to supply additional details that i've forgotten i'd gladly provide :)

cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If grey out. that means you put the bin file in wrong place. Put the file here

Place it in the root of the /sdcard/SlimISP.bin.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c3k:
thank you for your tests, eytan123

I can confirm that I had the problem too after using the flashlight (I usually keep it off, I turn it on before write my previous reply to you post), so I sadly have to say that the problem is not completely solved.

ATM I can't find a way to reproduce the problem, after rebooting I take many photos with and without flash with no error. Did you ALWAYS get the problem after first photo?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eytan123:
no, actually the only problem is when using the flashlight.

other than that the camera is perfect with\without flash i also tried to reproduce the issue without success.

i even tried to DL a flashlight app from the google play and got the can't connect to camera until next reboot BUT i could turn the flashlight off(from the app, not from the toggle) on and off as many times i wanted.

i'm willing to investigate further if you have any suggestions if not for me at least for the others.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
tested on rootbox s3 camera still working after torch use.

http://rootbox.ca/?p=207 - flash this file!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eytan123:
First thank you !

Just flash it? You don't need to remove the existing camera first?

If i understood in the end i'll have 2 cameras and galleries with 2 different icons each, is that correct/

BTW it says it's for the s2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fucore:
Salut!

I'm having this problem with my i9305.

I want to know, two things.

FIRST: I didn't see any ‘‘update’’ for "GHFJ02", that is the version of my CAM FW. What I can do about it?

SECOND: My phone is an i9305. Can I use an update for GHFJ02, or those updates are just for i9300?

Thank you for this thread,

fucore.

-

I already tested those update.zip for Camera 4.2

Didn't work out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c3k:
all the link I have are in the OP, try to google for "i9305 camera fw"

not sure what can happen, try at your own risk

read the entire GrayJack thread before and ask there
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthessimo:
Since both phones I9300 and I9305 have the same hardware except the memory capacity and the network chip, I would strongly guess that it would be okay to update your firmware. BUT: I have another solution. Just extract the file in the attachment and copy it to data/cfw/.

Cheers!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agulla:
FW Ver BHFJ02 no funciona en Rom NO-STOCK

Hi,

Sorry for my bad english.

Translate <

Values​​'re my camera are:

Rear Camera

Cam FW Ver BHFJ02

Phone FW Ver BHFJ02

Cam & Phone FW Ver S5K6A3

Can not find my firmware here:

I work with AOKP buil 5 & CyanogenMod 1.10

With the stock ROM if I work.

Someone could help me?

Thank you.

>
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agulla:
Not work in other roms no-stock.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DF5JT:
Same here one a brand new S3 that came as a replacement for my stolen one. This one is from Orange, Austria, branded, but not SIM-locked.

Unlike all the other GD, ZF etc, I can't get it to work.

I put the corresponding .bin into /data/cfw both as Slim ISP.bin and SlimISP_BH.bin, but under any non-stock ROM the camera simply doesn't work.

What exactly is the difference between BH and the other ones that BHFJ02 doesn't work and what can developers do to make it work?

Or is it over and this particular piece of hardware is never going to work with an AOSP/AOKP ROM?

Update: The firmware files had the wrong file permissions set. Having changed them, the camera now works:

chown system:media /data/cfw/SlimISP.bin

chmod 775 /data/cfw/SlimISP.bin

within an adb shell as root did the trick.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicvx94:
I've been experiencing this error for the past month.. normally it would fix itself after a reboot/clear cache, but not this time. I've messed with it countless times, wiped it, flashed different roms, nothing worked... So just now I ODIN'd back to stock...and it STILL DOESN'T WORK.. Is there any reason why using ODIN to return to stock from an AOSP rom, wouldn't fix this problem?

edit - i'm an idiot... after re-reading the OP I realized that ODIN'ing to stock is actually step 1, *then* you must follow the rest of the steps.. For some reason I'm unable to pull up that camera firmware menu though, the screen goes black then closes..

edit edit - "factory test" FC's every damn time.....

So at this point, I've been searching around and I can't get any of the Factory Test USSD codes to work, most fail or just FC. I can't check my firmware version and even if I knew what it was, I still wouldn't be able to flash an updated fw. What options do I have left? Is it possible to manually flash the drivers..?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicvx94:
I'm so confused on with this.. I have a T-Mo S3, but I would assume the file system would still be the same and I don't have a /data/cfw folder on the current CM rom I'm running, nor was it on the stock rom..?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wangdaning:
You assume, but T-Mo S3 means nothing. Is it an I9300?

Different variants have different partition layoutsl
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicvx94:
Well it's a tmobile model, so obviously as you know, no it is not an i9300, I was wrong on my assumption..you don't have to be snarky about it..

Now, care to help me out at all? There's not much information out there about this problem and this thread is the most technical/seemingly useful I've been able to find.. Can you tell me the contents (files, folders) within the /data/cfw/ folder? If not, I guess I can just download an i9300 rom and search thru it myself, but either way I would then be able to search through my files for the equivalent folder and give that a shot.

I would seriously appreciate any help on this.. I haven't been able to use my camera for weeks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuhenyo:
for the ZDFE03. what does good mean? has it completely eliminated the issue? thanks. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuhenyo:
Bump
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicvx94:
If nothing else works, give this a shot http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40409206#post40409206

Supposedly it's fixed this for a few people
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sriram231092:
Huawei camera

all those who are having problems with camera on AOSP and AOKP roms, flash huawei camera and enjoy! worked for me and still using it on my CM10.1 latest build by temasek :good:

---------- Post added at 02:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 PM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2146428

---------- Post added at 02:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:56 PM ----------

all those people who are having problem with their camera on AOSP and AOKP roms, flash huawei camera and enjoy! :fingers-crossed:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2146428
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuhenyo:
Will using Odin to reflash the stock rooted firmware reset all of my camera drivers?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civicvx94:
Not from my experience..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuhenyo:
Is there a method that will? Because i think, that's what i need. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj_m:
im getting "factory test has stopped" when using the dialer code on my i747 s3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekebanashi:
Sorry guys, I know that's not the correct post but likely this camera issue I have wifi issues and I can't connect any CM, Aosp, Aokp... It's possible there's a driver problem like in camera issue?? Thanks a lot!!!!!! In Stock roms I don't have any problem.

Enviado desde mi GT-N7100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekebanashi:
Well... I downloaded las ParanoidAndroid 3.50, installed &... SURPRISE, WIFI IS WORKING FINE!!!!! I don't know how it happened but the only I can say is that previously I had installed last stock DME1...

Enviado desde mi Galaxy Note II usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adyolcian:
Hi,

I have the same problem like you guys and i could not make it work.

I tried to enter in that menu, but, it doesn't shows me the version of camera firmware, just like in the atachament, and when i tap the first option it gives me the next error: "factory test has stopped" :(

I tried also to copy the file SlimISP.bin, and to enter again in that menu, but nothing.

I have to say that my camera din't worked either in stock firmware. I changed the camera (hardware) with a new one but still nothing.

What should i do?

Thank's

Later Edit: It seems that after i copied the file on my root, the Phone to CAM FW Write (Rear) button activated, but when i press it it gives me the "factory test has stopped" error again.

Later Later Edit: IT WORKS!!! I tried one by one every driver version from this link, and it works with one of them.

BIG Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtxx1:
this method doesnt work. tested the firmware recomended,

but the cannot connect to camera still persist.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeucesAx:
Using a sprint s3 16 GB and cm 10.1 I needed to use the ziFI02 one. Now works like a charm
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toddwilfreeman:
Do you mean zd, not zi? I have the same phone and am having the same troubles as everyone else, but most people seem to have a different model/carrier..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeucesAx:
Ups, yes that's what I meant. Zdfi... Still appearing once in a while after all. If I wait a couple of seconds it seems to be way better, but this might be my imagination.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toddwilfreeman:
I can't get it to work at all. I already had that firmware installed. Seems like it got much worse after I installed CM 10.1.2. Before then, if I switched too quickly or didn't accept a photo, it would stall and then I'd have to restart. Now if I take a photo it just freezes immediately after taking the photo with the photo stuck on the screen. It then says something about not being able to open up the photo gallery. It asks if I want to keep waiting or if I want to close it. After installing CM 10.1.2 I first noticed this problem when I was trying to take a picture with the PayPal app. Ever since then I've been unable to use the camera at all. Other camera apps work, but not if launched from other apps (i.e. messaging, "take a photo"). I have to take the picture in the other app, then share it directly from the app.

I tried reverting back to CM 10.1.1, but that didn't solve the problem, either. My stock rooted TouchWiz camera still works fine.

Other info: Model, SPH-L710; Baseband, L710VPDMD4; Original Camera FW, ZDFI02; Current Camera FW, ZDFE03
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeucesAx:
Did you try the zdfe02 as well?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c3k:
for those that still having problem here you'll find an (untested by me) utility to restart and use again the camera without reboot the device:

http://temasek.hopto.org/Samsung Galaxy S3 - i9300/CM10.1/Misc/Restart_Camera.apk

all credits goes to temasek
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shady225:
i cant click on "Phone to CAM FW Write (Rear)" because its grey.

any help?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elanovic:
You need to extract the bin file to the root of your INTERNAL memory and rename it to "SlimISP.bin"
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwalsh09:
Samsung Galaxy S3 Camera Issue

Hello everyone,

I know that this is my first post, but in recent weeks i have been using the useful information posted by your community to succesfully root and flash my device. I have, however, reach a wall and am unable to find any other information to lead me past this wall. That leads me to this post. Maybe my experiences will help others to reach an answer that seems to have eluded all of our brains.

My device:

US Cellular Samsung Galaxy S3 16 GB Version

Android 4.1.2

1. Successfully rooted my device, gaining access to SuperUser App and root file access.

2. Installed TWRP Custom Recovery, backed up custom recovery image of stock ROM and apps (image of my phone as it was before flashing)

3. Found a ROM suitable to my device, carrier, and needs (Eclipse v5.1 Build 5)

4. Flashed ROM using correct procedure (factory wipe, flash ROM, flash GAPPS, reboot)

5. Rebooted phone while new ROM was in place (Eclipse)

6. Restored all info as it was before

7. Went to use camera, received error message "Cannot connect to camera"

8. Proceeded to see if any camera apps would solve problem (FXCamera, Instagram, etc), received same error message when trying to access camera portion of these apps

9. Explored other options (Flashed other camera apps onto my phone hoping this would solve problem)

10. Relaunched phone and received same error message when trying to open these camera applications

***********************************

At this point, this is where i stumbled across your thread. Although our ROMs and recovery methods may differ, this is the closest thing i could find that resembles my current problem.

1. I recovered to the stock ROM using TWRP, and attempted to access the Camera Firmware screen using code *#34971539# and this resulted in nothing happening on my phone. No change in screen, the code just sits in the stock dialer.

****Why is this?

****Why wont my phone access the camera firmware screen?

I have a feeling that i need to find a corresponding firmware in this list

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2006128

And follow the listed process in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40409206#post40409206

My hope is that this results in the camera fully functioning within my custom ROM that i have chosen.

For now though, i guess any input that you have on my situation would be greatly appreciated. I feel as if i have exhausted every thread on the internet regarding this topic. Why cant i get to the firmware screen? Do you think this will fix the situation? Why wont the camera connect when im running my custom ROM?

Thanks in advance everyone, really appreciate all that you do here. Your knowledge helps many.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c3k:
Eclipse seems an AOSP rom...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juniorcurtis:
Hello,

The camera stopped working.

The camera started to get bad after an update requested by phone.

I did hard reset and nothing worked.

Installed rom (gt-i9500 ROM mkt6589) and also not caught.

dial *#34971539# nothing happens on the phone :/

I need help

picture of the problem: img811 . imageshack . us/img811/6261/6ozg.jpg
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insurrectionist:
Similar issue but different

3 month old vGS3 and the camera always had a very small dust speck in the photos. I was willing to deal with it because it was so small. A week after noticing the speck it moved and became much larger and out of focus, like a blob (not willing to deal with it). So I weighed all my options. Sending it to Samsung for repair was a last resort. I elected to repair it myself. The removal of the plastic cover fix (fail). The remove the camera from the board and shoot quick blasts of air duster and a vacuum (fail). So I bought a replacement (new) camera from eBay. The new unit looked great and even said Samsung on it. Installed and (fail) now getting the error cannot connect to camera bull shift. Tried flash back to stock from the latest CM 10 . 3 whatever and nuttin (fail). Removed camera and reinstalled (fail). Reinstalled old camera and working just like before.

It's got to be some kind of FW issue.???

I cannot find a camera app with any configuration to FS, clear.

Any thoughts?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bokenbergen:
Hi, i forgot my orignial firmware number.

Can i find this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royest:
Does anyone have i9000g dzkk1 stock kernel?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] d3cka:
Are u deleting ur drawable folder?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] parthbhatia98:
Nooo
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] parthbhatia98:
We have to delete?:confused:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] d3cka:
No dont delete folder. Cos when i see ur error i guess u delete ur folder
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] parthbhatia98:
I didn't deleted....

Any solutions?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] d3cka:
Try this

Rename ur systemui to zip

Open res drawable ldpi folder

Drag ur edited png to that folder

Rename ur zip to apk

Push to system
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EatHeat:
Use the zip method..that's easier..open..edit..save..no compiling n decompiling n all that fuss..u get what I mean right? ?

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Hit thanks if I helped you..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Zephyr!:
For editing .XML file, we need to decompile ..!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] parthbhatia98:
I just want to make status bar transparent....

which method do I use?

Zip or decompiLe?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TingTingin:
If that's all u want to do use 7zip to unzip the Apk then change the transparency of the images that make up the status bar then zip back up walla ur done

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EatHeat:
Y would he edit xml for making image transparent? ?

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Hit thanks if I helped you..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] parthbhatia98:
But when I told that I want to edit xml?

I just want to make status bar transparent
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EatHeat:
Dude I quoted Razor..means I said that to him..not u..I said use 7 zip to edit the png..just reduce opacity..I think it's something like statusbar_background.png or something..edit and save..

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Hit thanks if I helped you..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] 74M3NUMB3RS:
edit xml = U NEED TO DECOMPILE

for edting the image transparency = use winrar,7zip edit the images opacity

I NO LIKE XMLS,SMALI....

WINDOWS XP :highfive:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EatHeat:
I no like smali and xml either..xp.. :highfive: :D

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Hit thanks if I helped you..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Zephyr!:
But XML and smali contain a lot of things... which are very important!!

just to edit PNG there is 7-zip :)

Sent from my Nexus⁴
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AienTech:
HI,

i have a SGSIII stock, yesterday i faced that my phone froze on splash screen, i thought that it might be restarting phone and i let it to continue

but after 30min my phone was already in splash screen!, so i toke out my battery and restarted the phone... and keeps freezing!

i also done hard reseting couple of times but it doesn't work...

What should i do right now?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naathaanb96:
Can you access download mode?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AienTech:
rep

yes... i can
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
so you've done a factory reset from recovery?

I'd that didn't help, flash the latest stock ROM via Odin
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AienTech:
rep

Ok... factory reset doesn't help :)

how can i restore my ROM to default?

i've never done that before
[HTC One X] Cartmanvb:
Does hard reset remove updates,does it returns android to 4.03??
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
If you are officially on 4.0.4 or on JB no, it will bring the phone back to factory state on the latest software you installed. And i am talking about official software
[HTC One X] Cartmanvb:
Thanks,I don't know what to do,after every update one more problem,yesterday I updated 4.04 version with some small update 1-2mb,and it kinda mess up my screen,when I start up phone it has pure white,then changes to some ugly yellowish white,then it changes back again,and now I don't know if I'am tripping or it has yellowish tint,and while I type this message screen sometimes flickers bounces up,what is wrong with this phone,I'am starting to be very disapionted :(
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Weird, i don't know much about screens.....hopefully the hard reset works. Can you also update to JB ?
[HTC One X] Cartmanvb:
No I'am not updating my phone ever again, htc had mess up my phone after every, update I still have blue spot/fog from update to 4.04,now I have to deal with this yellow tint,eventualy I will get rid of this awful phone,worst phone ever...
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Oke, bad luck.....Mine is 9 months old and not a single issue !

Good luck mate
[HTC One X] maxilick:
Same here

Sent from...... The Milky Way
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] sweetbinodray:
Hi guys,

I am on Official MIUI V4 and want to use Galaxy 2 Camera/Gallery app. Is there any port available? I have searched it though but I haven't find it though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Yiannis75:
If u get Camera.apk and Gallery.apk from Leak LSA Firmware?